Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Operational Policing Support
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXI04 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- Indigenous, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal Policing
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Operational Policing Support encompasses a broad range of supports developed and delivered to frontline RCMP officers. It also plays a key role in supporting Federal Policing and other provincial and municipal police services operating across Canada and internationally. The Program develops and maintains national operational policies, procedures and business strategies for RCMP police officers’ activities and equipment. The Program also ensures that the RCMP across Canada is prepared with interoperable resources to support a coordinated and effective response to emergencies, critical incidents and disasters.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Policing Operations | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2011-12 – 2020-21 | $411M |
| Operational Policing Support | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $310M |
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Appears to be split across: International Policing Operations; rcmp-bxg05 | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $36.2M, against $61.6M in 2019-20 (−41%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $48.4M, against $36.2M in 2020-21 (+34%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Employees (FTEs) 288, against 237 in 2022-23 (+22%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 227, against 324 in 2025-26 (−30%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of contract partners who report that RCMP police officers are appropriately equipped; Percentage of national operational policing policies and guidelines that were updated/reviewed/created | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of new/updated operational policing policies that were published and communicated across the Divisions | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Renamed from “Contract and Indigenous Policing Operations Support” to “Operational Policing Support”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 15% Operational Policy & Compliance, NCROPS - 18% National Police Intervention Unit, ORR- 0% National Crime Prevention and Indigenous Policing - 6% The first two figures above reflect the percentage of policies owned and published by specific units within C&IP, rather than the total number of operational policies published within the RCMP or C&IP as a whole. Furthermore, the polices held by C&IP do n… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 0% Not applicable. This indicator does not accurately reflect current policy ownership, review, or publication processes for C&IP or the RCMP, and will be updated in the upcoming Program Information Profile update cycle. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 0% Not available. This indicator does not accurately reflect current policy ownership, review, or publication processes for C&IP or the RCMP, and will be updated in the upcoming Program Information Profile update cycle. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 0% Not available. This indicator does not accurately reflect current policy review or publication processes for Contract and Indigenous Policing and will be updated for the 2026-27 fiscal year when the Departmental Results Framework amendment process is reopened. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 0% This indicator does not accurately reflect current policy review or publication processes for Contract and Indigenous Policing and will be updated for the 2026-27 fiscal year when the Departmental Results Framework amendment process is reopened. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 100% Between April 2024 and March 2025, 12 policies were published in the RCMP Operational Manual and communicated across divisions. As all policy updates are shared divisions-wide, this indicator is inaccurately worded. Operational Policy and Compliance updates policies on a five-year cycle (115 policies) but prioritizes external recommendations or directives. Contract and Indigenous Policing will re… | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 75% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $36.4M | $61.6M |
| 2020-21 | $37.8M | $36.2M |
| 2021-22 | $40.7M | $48.4M |
| 2022-23 | $82.8M | $50.3M |
| 2023-24 | $81.9M | $54.2M |
| 2024-25 | $85.5M | $59.2M |
| 2025-26 | $71M | — |
| 2026-27 | $84.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $88.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $92.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 255 | 243 |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 227 |
| 2021-22 | 227 | 233 |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 237 |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 288 |
| 2024-25 | 320 | 316 |
| 2025-26 | 324 | — |
| 2026-27 | 227 | — |
| 2027-28 | 212* | — |
| 2028-29 | 208* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $36,447,035 | $35,482,046 | $35,197,822 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $37,795,346 | $37,422,946 | $34,944,377 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $40,668,731 | $38,191,186 | $38,198,552 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $82,765,493 | $79,950,284 | $78,564,432 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $81,917,107 | $81,627,829 | $79,585,599 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $85,451,160 | $83,764,168 | $82,700,528 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $70,985,717 | $78,280,698 | $83,922,366 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $84,656,947 | $88,115,262 | $92,290,597 | |||||||
| Actual | $61,646,053 | $36,224,520 | $48,366,021 | $50,256,047 | $54,222,456 | $59,159,508 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
